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$56,669,166

Department of Health and Human Services·National Institutes of Health

to GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)

biotechexpiring · 48d· period of performance ends in 48 daysONGOING · MOD OF 2013 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2013-09-23·LATEST ACTION2026-04-06·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_UM1CA181255_075
Award description

AIDS AND CANCER SPECIMEN RESOURCE (ACSR)

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Obligation on the 2013-launched AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource, providing biospecimens for medical research.

Sub-sectors
aids-cancer-researchbiospecimen-resourceacademic-research
Why this matters

Biospecimen resources enable vaccine and treatment development for HIV and cancer, foundational to U.S. biomedical research leadership.

Supply-chain signal

Supplies academic and commercial research institutions with specimens needed for drug discovery and clinical development pipelines.

U.S.–China competition angle

Strengthens U.S. biomedical research infrastructure in critical areas where American pharmaceutical competitiveness faces rising Chinese investment.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-08. Cost: $0.017404.

Period of performance
Start
2013-09-23
End
2026-08-31
Status
expiring · 48din 48 days
Sources

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